Vang1.net’s Leela casemod – “After finishing my Bender project, I just had to do another futurama casemod. I thought about what to do for months and had several good ideas, but finally I fell for Leela. I’ve always been a big Futurama fan and I was 100% certain I’d be able to do this, dispite […]
MMckenna just announced their new Emulation kit – these are simple lamps you can build/snap together and power with a 9v battery – “DEK4 is modeled after Castiglioni’s Toio. It is the second Castiglioni lamp to be emulated, but the fact remains that he was both prolific and a genius. The world is a poorer […]
Steve from Finkbuilt has a clever way to make really nice play sets for kids, he writes – “Lately, Harlan (4) and I have been using google images to find textures, then printing out inkjets to use in the construction of simple carboard sets for our PlayMobil games. Kids seem to like these homemade buildings […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Uninorth13 made a soap holder from an Apple pro mouse and a wash mitten woven from an Apple store plastic bag – Link.
Matti writes – “Artist Peter Geshwinds exhibition is a makers dream and/or nightmare! The whole space is packed full of improvised machines and mutated household items, they are all activated by sensors as you walk around.” – Link.
Artist Marta de Menezes uses a hot needle to cauterize designs and patterns in the wings of butterflies as they develop in the cocoon – Link.
Machineproject writes “I was preparing to teach the usb workshop we’re doing with Make on Sunday at Machine, and I remembered this funny usb powered sculpture that I made a couple years ago. The best part about it was that the motor spinning the mirror ball made the whole thing tremble, so it did a […]
